Friday 20 January 2017

Unit of Inquiry - Growth and Development

Grade 5’s  ‘Growing and Developing’ Learning Continues


Only two more weeks left of learning before the month of February and the beginning of the upcoming Unit of Inquiry of How the World Works theme, Does It Matter. Grade 5 students were first nervous about starting the Unit of Inquiry of Who We Are theme, Growth and Development. As time passed, they displayed curiosities about their physical, emotional, and intellectual changes.


Unit 3 - Who We Are, Growth and Development


Central Idea:  Changes people experience affect adolescence affect their evolving sense of self.


Physical, Intellectual, and Emotional Changes Connections


Line of Inquiry #1:  The physical, emotional and intellectual changes that occur during adolescence.


Success Criteria:  Explain connections between different types of changes.


Students thought back of their learning about the changes and functions of physical, emotional, and intellectual changes that they have learned from homeroom teachers, Mrs. Line (school nurse) and Ms. Carnright (school’s ES counselor). Each student started to make connections between the different types of changes, and displayed their thinking using a graphic organizer of their choice.





Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep and Stress Management Connections


Line of Inquiry #2:  Factors that contribute to well being throughout adolescence


Success Criteria:  Make connections between nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress management


Students thought back of their learning through previous sessions and investigations of specific effects that the following can have during adolescence:  nutrition, exercise, sleep, and stress management. Each group brainstormed connections between nutrition, exercise, sleep and, stress management and displayed their thinking using a concept mapping graphic organizer.





Selfie Self Esteem Activity


Line of Inquiry #2:  Factors that contribute to well being throughout adolescence


Success Criteria:  Classify behaviors that may contribute to affecting a personś self esteem


Learning Intention:  For students to think of positive comments about themselves and others to promote positive self esteem.


Each student took a selfie photograph using Google Chromebook. Using Google Drawing app, a student will add positive comment text about herself. Selfie photos were then posted on the classroom walls for students to write on each photo a positive comment. In the end, the 5th grade students were quite pleased with their own comments and their classmates comments.





Hexagon Thinking


Line of Inquiry #2:  Factors that contribute to well being throughout adolescence


Success Criteria:  Classify behaviors that may contribute to affecting a personś self esteem


Learning Intention:  For students to sort and classify positive and negative behaviors that may contribute to affecting a personś self esteem


Hexagon thinking is a fantastic activity that pushes students’ thinking. Not only students sort and classify the hexagon pieces, but they also communicate their reasoning and explain the connections. Each group was provided hexagon pieces with various positive and negative behaviors that may contribute to affecting a personś self esteem. Once the main pieces (Self Esteem, Positive and Negative) pieces have been laid down, each member of the group will place her piece that connects with the other pieces.









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